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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why is marriage off limits? For a long time marriage was about combining families of a certain pedigree, obtaining property, etc. What does it matter to me personally that 2 men or 2 women marry? It doesn't affect me.[/quote]

it affects others.   some people take sacraments seriously.[/quote]

[i]Your[/i] "sacrament" doesn't change if you're married in the church. Marriage is a [i]legal status[/i] recognized by countries and states. My marriage is strictly a civil one; I was not married in the church. Your religious sacraments do not affect me one bit and a civil marriage between same sex couples in no way affects or threatens your marriage.

Your lack of knowledge clearly demonstrates that you are unable to differentiate between the two. It's a civil rights issue, and I'm not at all surprised that someone like you fails to see it as such.

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no, I've thought about it a good bit and recognize the points you make.  but I don't want to lessen the importance or change the meaning of my sacrament.  I'm ok with civil unions, just don't call it marriage.[/quote]

Do you know the legal difference between a civil union and a marriage? I'm pretty sure you haven't a clue.

Again, it doesn't lessen the importance of your "sacrament," because a sacrament is a religious rite, not a legal one. 
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we can change the definition of civil unions so the same rights are afforded.  stop trying to label me.  I am probably sitting in the office next to you and we probably go to lunch twice a week.  we just have a different opinion.  sorry.[/quote]

No.  If Marriage is a sacrament, a truly religious thing, then the non-religious government should not dispense it.  You should fully support the idea of making "marriage" solely a religious status, and make every couple's union a "civil union".    If you really want some people to be called "married" under the law, and others not, you are being duplicitous and you know it.[/quote]

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